David P

ECU is plug and play under the passengers feet. However, I still remain suspicious of the distributor and nearby loom. Do you have a pal with an N/A to trial a distributor swop with, to confirm that it isn't?

Power steering pumps are the same item, same part no. for both T.T. and N/A, it is only the connectors that differ. Whoever buys it either for N/A or T.T. will have the plumbing for it to be 'plug and play'.

I only need a dead one for 10 minutes! I will happily pay for it to be thrown in the post instead of the bin.

Apparently, Andrew gave his pump the kiss of life. Should whoever buys this then have a dead pump on their hands, please don't bin it, because I need one to bolt onto the jig engine to allow me to aline the supercharger bracket with the pulleys. I have a pulley, just need a dead pump. Thank you.

AndrewOW is after one of these, then I can at last have the dead one it replaces to add to my supercharger jig block.

Really :blink:

Post a pic when you do, I would like to see a black set on a silver Supra. I was torn between the two, yet chose S.S. because I could spray black on, easier than it could be taken off.

Yet another U.K. new modern man.

You got me there, I had to google 'zorst'. No flame throwers I'm afraid, just an Apexi spring loaded tail silencer. P.S. I don't have photoshop, just an embarrassingly dirty Supra. It has been minus 6 all day, so didn't fancy getting out the bucket and sponge and all the local car washeries are closed.

Birds of a feather

Regardless of gender, colour or race, I would have been out there pushing and shoveling. I regard this as pathetic, and a prime example of U.K.s' new 'modern man'. Maybe my chivalry is a sign of maturity.

See a damsel in distress. Make a video and take the p!$$. Maybe he will sue too for damage to property. U.K.s' new 'modern man' strikes again. Long gone are the days of chivalry.

That is clean compared to how mine looks after an aborted attempt to reach the Southampton Pole.

Looking likely that my next attempt to reach the Southampton Pole will be digital. 11.01.11.

"Fiddled with the Plugs...it worked fine again. Sometime mid-2007, the tachometer went crazy (bouncing between 3k-6k RPM, and ran like crap" Have you made a visual inspection of those distributor parts and connections for possible damage from your shunt? (In the event you trace this prob to include the ECU, note that you will pick one up for half the price here compared to US, but confirm the part no. because the J spec N/A here has MAP, and the U.S. spec have MAF, not sure if ECU is the same?)

From memory, I think the terminals you bridge are E1 and TE1, then count the blinks, which gives reference to the fault codes that you can find in the w.s. manual or on here with a search. We have given all the help we can, until you do some work yourself.

Undo 3 screws and take a look, it's not rocket science. There is a castleated ring with sensor pick up and a connecting clip for the wires. The diagnostic codes will confirm if this is the prob, but as you stated it ran O.K. for a while after you had fiddled with it, that suggests to me the problem could be here. Edit: Pull that link wire out of the diagnostic port .

The rev counter runs from a sensor in the distributor, if this has been damaged in the shunt, not only will the rev counter be upset, so will the ECU. Try swopping the distributor and/or inspect the connecting clip and wires to check this before spending any more money. P.S. Welcome to the club.

The rev counter runs from a sensor in the distributor, if this has been damaged in the shunt, not only will the rev counter be upset, so will the ECU. Try swopping the distributor and/or inspect the connecting clip and wires to check this before spending any more money. P.S. Welcome to the club.

Quoted the first post, because other than delivering the wheels, there remains components for both my project and others strewn across the country. Second chance lottery ticket!

After the (few quids worth) penny eventually dropped, he must have thought the same, because fell back out of sight to be replaced by a Maseratti. A far nicer view in the mirror, at a sensible distance away, and we convoyed our way along.

I was not a happy bunny, but had no other option. It was not easy to co-ordinate a sustained (several miles) straight line @ 15 degree power slide with one hand whilst 'gesticulating' out of the window with the other. If I had stopped to rearrange his understanding, he would without doubt have ran into me which would have made the matter worse. Then I wouldn't have been able to get moving again, making it worse again. It was the middle lane, and the only one open too. The Supra was at the extreme limit of traction and I was fortunate to have kept moving and make it through. To be a hassling tw@t is hip and 'fashionable', and is the U.K.s' new modern man you know.

Quite a sureal journey, 3" of snow on the motorway, and undertaken on 2 occasions by snow ploughs that had the plough raised and not spreading salt either, maybe the drivers earn more money after it exceeds 4" or the road grinds to a halt? During the worst of it, whilst I was struggling for traction and only just avoiding spinning out, there was an Audi so close up my arse I couldn't see the badge on the bonnet. I put the hazards on, 5 mins and no change, I put the rear fogs on, 5 mins and no change, so I opened the window and gave 'wanker' gesticulations for about 5 mins before the penny dropped.

Hi Jamie, Been there, done that! I managed to drop off the wheels near Heathrow, and then continued anti-clockwise on M25, but the closer I got to the M23 exit, the worse it was. I was just managing to creep along at around 15mph whilst slewed at around 15o. As I approached the ramp up to the exit it was obvious that it was not going to happen. I stayed on the M25, circumnavigating the city and thought myself lucky to get home without incedent. I will collect them after the ice age has passed, hope you weren't depending on the cash for Christmas?